Claimed by the Alpha Who Hates Me

The night I was rejected… everyone was watching. Laughter echoed across the pack hall. Not soft laughter. Not hidden. Cruel. Loud. Deliberate. And all of it— was meant for me. I stood in the center of the hall, my hands trembling at my sides, my heart pounding so loudly I was sure everyone could hear it. Tonight was supposed to be sacred. The Mate Selection Ceremony. A night where the Moon Goddess reveals fated bonds. A night where wolves find their destiny. But for me… it became a nightmare. “Step forward.” His voice. Cold. Sharp. Commanding. Alpha Kael. The most powerful Alpha in the northern territories. The man every woman dreamed of. The man… I tried my entire life to avoid. I swallowed hard and stepped forward, my legs weak beneath me. The moment our eyes met— Something snapped. A force. A pull. A connection so strong it stole the air from my lungs. My wolf stirred violently inside me. No… No, this can’t be— His expression darkened. He felt it too. Silence spread across the hall. Then whispers. Then shock. Then— “No way…” “She’s just an omega…” “This has to be a mistake…” My chest tightened. Omega. The lowest rank. The weakest. The unwanted. And now— The mate of an Alpha? It didn’t make sense. It shouldn’t make sense. Kael stepped closer. Slow. Controlled. Dangerous. Each step felt like a countdown to my destruction. I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t move. Couldn’t think. He stopped right in front of me. Close enough that I could feel the heat of his body. Close enough that my wolf whimpered in recognition. For a brief moment… Something flickered in his eyes. Not hatred. Not anger. Something softer. Something dangerous. Hope. My heart betrayed me. Just for a second… I believed it. That maybe fate had chosen me for a reason. That maybe… I wasn’t nothing. Then— He grabbed my chin. Hard. Forcing me to look up at him. The softness vanished. Replaced by something far worse. Disgust. “You?” he said, his voice low enough for only me to hear. But somehow… Everyone heard it anyway. “You are my mate?” The hall erupted in laughter. My vision blurred. I wanted to disappear. To vanish. To wake up from this nightmare. But he wasn’t done. He leaned closer. His breath brushed against my ear. Cold. Deadly. “I, Alpha Kael, reject you.” The words didn’t just hurt. They broke something inside me. Gasps filled the hall. Even the elders looked shaken. Because rejection… at first meeting… was rare. Cruel. And dangerous. My wolf screamed inside me. Pain tore through my chest like something was being ripped apart. I dropped to my knees. I couldn’t stop it. Tears fell before I could hide them. But the worst part— wasn’t the pain. It was what he said next. “You are weak.” Each word struck like a blade. “You are nothing.” Another. “And I will never accept someone like you as my Luna.” The title echoed in my head. Luna. Queen of the pack. A position I was never meant to even dream of. The crowd watched. Enjoyed. Fed on my humiliation. And Kael— He turned away. Just like that. Like I was nothing. Like I never mattered. Like the bond between us… meant nothing at all. But as he walked away— He stopped. Just for a second. Without turning back, he said: “Leave the pack grounds before sunrise.” My breath hitched. “Or next time…” His voice dropped. Darker. More dangerous. “I won’t just reject you.” A pause. Then— “I’ll kill you.” The hall fell silent. But inside me— Something changed. Something dark. Something broken. Something… awakening. Because what Alpha Kael didn’t know was— Rejection doesn’t always break an omega. Sometimes… It creates something far more dangerous.